Improvement in post-office cabinets



s. HOWE-R.

Post-Office Oabihet.

' Patented May 20, 1879.

IN VENTOR ORNEYS.

PATENT OFFIGE.

SAMUEL HOWER, OF GRESS ONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POST-OFFICE CABINETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

215,621, dated May 20, 1879; application filed April 18, 1879.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HOWER, of Oressona, in the county ofSchuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedPost- Office Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a plan of the cabinet open. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionalelevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate spending parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for facilitating thework of stamping letters and canceling stamps in a fourth-class or smallpost-office.

The invention consists of a box or cabinet, A, of suitable dimensions tolie upon a postoflic'e table, divided into a-nuinber of com partmentsfor the convenience of the work of the ofiice.

The row of receptacles B, in the rear part of the box, which are coveredbya hinged lid, 0, having small openings a over the center of each, isintended for the reception of numbered corretickets to register thevarious kinds or denominations-of stamps canceled during the day.

The next row of compartments, D, is intended to hold the various kindsof stamps used in the business of the office.

The pointed studs or files E have placed upon them theregistering-tickets F, marked from 1 up to 10, inclusive. These studsare firmly secured in the box, and are of sufficient length to holdtickets enough for the day; and their tops are on a level with the edgeof the box, so that when the lid G is closed it will touch them,-andkeep the registering-tickets in place in whatever position the box maybe put. The compartment H is used to hold the inking-pad I, and thedating, marking, and canceling stamps K, together with the pouchkey,850.

In registeringthe number of stamps canceled at any one time, the methodis as follows: The number of canceled stamps of each kind ordenomination is counted, and if, for instance, there should betwenty-five of any one kind, one ticket marked 5 and two tickets marked10 are taken from the files, and placed through a slot, a, into that oneof the receptacles B that is marked to designate the particulardenomination of stamps counted.

At the close of the office-hours these tickets are taken out in theirorder, the numbers on them added together, and the totals entered on theregistering-sheets under their respective heads.

This device is a most convenient one for postmasters,-and itsuse-precludes almost the possibility of error in making up the accountof the days work.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pate11t- The within-described box or cabinet A, provided withcompartments B, D, and H, studs or files 'E, numberedregistering-tickets F, inking-pad I, canceling and marking stamps K K,cover 0, provided with slots at, and cover G, constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose described.

SAMUEL HOWER. Witnesses:

D. H. ALBRIGHT,

R. A. WILDER.

